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Brazilian audit court dismisses complaint against betting regulator SPA

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Brazil’s Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) declined to admit a complaint alleging that the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA) failed to investigate three operators over a bettor’s request to void bets. The court said the complaint lacked supporting evidence and ordered the case file archived; it also notified the complainant of a separate proceeding examining SPA’s compliance with betting legislation.

The decision leaves SPA’s handling of betting oversight to a separate proceeding while closing this complaint.

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